Actress Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are shown in a scene from her 1963 film 'Cleopatra' one can almost literally feel her persona deepen from a small studio starlet to sexualized Hollywood rebel. (Reuters)

Elizabeth Taylor in the role of Martha, and Richard Burton in the role of George in a scene from the 1966 movie 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?',Based on the Edward Albee play, it won the star a richly deserved second Oscar. (AP)

Actor Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor are shown in this undated publicity photograph from their 1958 film 'Cat On A Hot Tin Roof', showcases the iconic late- '50s Taylor, hanging from a brass bed and daring all those men to do something about it. (Reuters)